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Located in western Massachusetts, UMass Amherst is the flagship campus of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' five-campus University of Massachusetts system. UMass Amherst is a nationally recognized teaching and research institution with a current enrollment of about 28,500 students.
Experts (100)
Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
Paul Murray Kendall Chair in Biography and Professor of English
Gretchen Gerzina is a specialist on the novel and biography, focusing on Black British studies, Victorian studies and mixed race studies..
Victorian Studies Black British Studies African American Women’s Writing Mixed Race Studies
Jayati Ghosh
Professor of Economics
Jayati Ghosh is one of India's best-known economists and a frequent commentator and writer about a wide range of issues.
Economics and the Developing World Economy of India India Asian Political Economy Gender and Care Work
Karen Giuliano
Professor, Elaine Marieb College of Nursing and Institute for Applied Life Sciences and Co-Director, Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation
Karen Giuliano's research is focused on the intersection of clinical needs and medical technology use, development and innovation.
Hospital-acquired Pneumonia Medical Technology Medical Devices Critical Care Nursing Product Development Innovation and technology for health management
Colin J. Gleason
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Colin Gleason's research measures focuses on measuring how much of the earth’s water is in rivers at any point in time.
Global Water Budget Ungauged Basins Fluvial Geomorphology Fluvial Hydrology Remote Sensing Arctic Hydrology
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce
Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce's works to synthesize evidence and apply it to health policy, in areas including tobacco control and e-cigarettes.
Smoking Cessation Tobacco Regulatory Science Health Policy Tobacco Control E-cigarettes Management of Diabetes
Christine Hatch
UMass Extension Professor in Earth, Geographic and Climate Sciences
Christine Hatch is a hydrogeologist who studies the intersection between water resources, ecology and climate change,
Dams and Climate-Induced Storms Rewilding Hydrogeology Surface Water-Groundwater Interactions Climate Change Water Resources
Meghan Huber
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Meghan Huber's research focuses on understanding how humans and robots can learn from their physical interaction
Exoskeletons Bioengineering Biomedical Engineering Robotics Human-Robot Interaction
Mohit Iyyer
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Mohit Iyyer's main research interest is in designing deep neural networks for traditional natural language processing tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Chat GPT Machine Learning Natural Language Processing
Tom Juravich
Professor of Labor Studies and Sociology
Tom Juravich studies work, workers and the labor movement.
Labor Unions Ethnographic Research Labor Movements Work and the Labor Process Working Class and Union Culture
Jasmine Kerrissey
Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Labor Center
Jasmine Kerrissey is an expert on labor movements, work and inequality
Worker Strikes Labor Studies Labor Movements Social Movements and Collective Behavior Political Sociology of Health Gig Economy Worker Rights
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